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My old HDD is almost done gives me the smart message to tell me it's going to die. So I bought a new one and put it in today and it gives me an error saying to select boot device or put in a cd and press any key, any help?
saywhut
October 17, 2014 9:02:31 AM
Mul9
October 17, 2014 8:26:13 AM
saywhut said:
You can actually "clone" the drive onto your new hard drive, or you can just transfer your DATA to a usb key or external drive, and re-install from scratch.I would re-install from the ground up with the new drive that way you get that "new" feeling again.
Old drive is 1TB this one is 500gb, so probably couldn't copy them unless i delete a lot of stuff haha. I'll buy windows 7 soon, £40 on eBay for disc. Ill buy the disc this time.
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saywhut
October 17, 2014 8:16:33 AM
Mul9
October 17, 2014 8:09:36 AM
saywhut said:
Mul9 said:
saywhut said:
Well if there is nothing in the new drive, of course it's going to say no boot device found. Is there an OS on the new drive?No, but I thought the Motherboard held the OS? So Ill need to buy windows 7 now, as I bought the OEM version last time
Negative, the HDD is what holds the OS. Your old HDD has the data and OS on it. See if you can use the license key from the OS on your old HDD, if not you will have to buy another copy with license key.
Hope I helped.
Old HDD still works but its slow, anyway I can load it up and back up the stuff from it to my new HDD?
saywhut
October 17, 2014 7:55:04 AM
Mul9 said:
saywhut said:
Well if there is nothing in the new drive, of course it's going to say no boot device found. Is there an OS on the new drive?No, but I thought the Motherboard held the OS? So Ill need to buy windows 7 now, as I bought the OEM version last time
Negative, the HDD is what holds the OS. Your old HDD has the data and OS on it. See if you can use the license key from the OS on your old HDD, if not you will have to buy another copy with license key.
Hope I helped.
Mul9
October 17, 2014 7:50:25 AM
saywhut
October 17, 2014 7:47:00 AM
Mul9
October 17, 2014 7:42:38 AM
saywhut
October 17, 2014 7:40:31 AM
Mul9
October 17, 2014 7:24:01 AM
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